West Salem, WI- Super Late Models will take to the LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway all four days of this weekend’s 53rd annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend, October 6-9, 2022. Currently 55 Super Late Model teams have indicated their participation in at least one of the four days of racing activities on the 5/8-mile paved oval nestled beneath the fall foliage of the Coulee Region of Western Wisconsin. For the first time ever, ‘the Knights’ division will join ‘the Futures’ on Thursday night with each division contesting a 25-lap feature event.
The Original Dick Trickle 99 takes center stage on Friday night with triple 33-lap Super Late Model features paying tribute to America’s Winningest Short Track Driver. In past seasons the first segment started the fastest qualifier on the pole, this year’s 15th running will implement an invert based straight from the dice roll (1-6) with segment two being inverted by ten plus the roll based on the first segment’s finish while the third segment will again be inverted ten plus the roll but by current event points. Former Trickle 99 winners Chris Weinkauf, Ty Majeski and Dan Fredrickson are all entered for Friday night.
Saturday will feature qualifying and preliminary events for the ‘Stars and Cars’ of the ARCA Midwest Tour. The $10,000 to win, 200-lap Oktoberfest Championship event headlines the racing activities on Sunday afternoon. Defending race winner and current Midwest Tour Point Leader Casey Johnson is amongst the favorites in the field, having won Madison’s $15,000 to win Joe Shear Classic in May, the Father’s Day 100 at the Milwaukee Mile as well The Howie Lettow Classic at Madison which netted him over $10,000. Other fest winners entered for Sunday include three-time winner Ty Majeski, 2018 victor Andrew Morrissey and four-time Oktoberfest winner Dan Fredrickson.
The 53rd Annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend will get underway at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway on Thursday night, October 6th at 6pm with seven divisions competing on the quarter-mile and 5/8-mile track.
Visit oktoberfestraceweekend.com to purchase your tickets in advance and find out more information about the four-day race weekend.
